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... constitution , and has started with the freshness of youth , a new na- tion , as it were , called suddenly into life from among the slumbering feudal populations of the north . Sweden received a new dynasty , and slumbers iv PREFACE .
... constitution , and has started with the freshness of youth , a new na- tion , as it were , called suddenly into life from among the slumbering feudal populations of the north . Sweden received a new dynasty , and slumbers iv PREFACE .
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... tion . Generally instructed State . Peter Lęstadius . Account of his Parents . Viaticum to Poor Scholars . Vegetation . -Angermanland . - Weaving . - State of the People . - Husbandry . - Returns from Seed . - Churches . -Journey ...
... tion . Generally instructed State . Peter Lęstadius . Account of his Parents . Viaticum to Poor Scholars . Vegetation . -Angermanland . - Weaving . - State of the People . - Husbandry . - Returns from Seed . - Churches . -Journey ...
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... tion of all rivers from the sea to the highest navi- gable point , is declared to be free of all imposts , except for the support of buoys , lights , or towing paths . The way in which this branch of the royal revenue of Hanover is ...
... tion of all rivers from the sea to the highest navi- gable point , is declared to be free of all imposts , except for the support of buoys , lights , or towing paths . The way in which this branch of the royal revenue of Hanover is ...
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... tion here that rye is in ear which four weeks ago must have been under snow ; grass is fit for pastur- age , and peas which are a common field crop , and all the spring sown corn , are above ground . The land is very clean , which I ...
... tion here that rye is in ear which four weeks ago must have been under snow ; grass is fit for pastur- age , and peas which are a common field crop , and all the spring sown corn , are above ground . The land is very clean , which I ...
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... tion , or a post station to which the peasants are obliged to bring their horses upon certain days in regular tour of duty , to be in waiting to post with travellers . If more happen to arrive than the horses on duty for the day can ...
... tion , or a post station to which the peasants are obliged to bring their horses upon certain days in regular tour of duty , to be in waiting to post with travellers . If more happen to arrive than the horses on duty for the day can ...
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| Title | A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature 1450-1850 Making of the modern economy |
| Author | Samuel Laing |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 May 2008 |
| Length | 431 pages |
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